Table of Contents
Updated December 14th, 2012
COMING IN SPRING 2013 -
AN INTERACTIVE NIK COLLECTION BOOK
Nik Software Tutorials: more detailed than Nik user guides
Color Efex Pro 4 Tutorial (CEP4)
HDR Efex Pro 2 Tutorial (HEP2)
HDR Efex Pro Tutorial (HEP)
Silver Efex Pro 2 Tutorial (SEP2)
The material below is common to the “Efex Pro” family
Miscellaneous Nik Software Related Posts
The Digital Zone System (an e-Book featuring SEP2)
CRAFTSMANSHIP – Knowing how to use your camera to control exposure, focus and color for a technically perfect image or for the creative image that you want. Key message- putting you in control of the camera & not vice-versa.
Exposure
Exposure – Exposure Compensation & the Histogram, 1
Exposure Compensation & the Histogram, 2
Exposure and Difficult Lighting – in camera
Exposure and Difficult Lighting – Multiple Exposures (HDR)
Realistic HDR – The Search Continues
Finally – A Natural Looking HDR Image (more or less)
Shooting the Rare Super Full Moon
For more on HDR scroll down to Post-Processing
Diffusion Disk for Light Control
Manual Exposure – After Sunny 16 is it Cloudy 11?
Potential Long Exposure Problems
Creative use of Focus
Part c – Selective Focus for Creative Images
Lesson summary – additional thoughts
Bokeh – an “advanced” creative focus topic
Advanced Selective Focus Example
A New Macro/Closeup Lens Combo
Yet Another Macro/Closeup Combo
A Final Macro/Closeup Combo, I Promise
Motion
Creative uses of shutter speed – Camera Motion
Camera Motion – Multiple Exposures
Multiple Exposures Made Easy – short “all you need” tutorial
Multiple Exposures – a Slide Show Example
Color
Color – As Captured in the Camera, Part 1
Color – As Captured in the Camera, Part 2
There’s Haze in Them Thar Hills
Color Management – Introduction
Color Management – Equipment Calibration
Getting Color Correct Can be Tricky
Human Vision & Our Perception of Visual Art
Human Vision & Our Perception of Visual Art, 2
Luminance, Grayscale & Desaturation
Workflow
Workflow – Step #1, Image Capture
Workflow – Step #2, Image Download
Workflow – Step #3, Image Organization (general)
Workflow – Step #3, Image Organization (backup)
Workflow – Step #3, Image Organization (download contribution)
Workflow – Step #3, Image Organization (screen and tag)
Folder & File Naming Strategies
RAW, JPEG, TIFF – which to use & when
Computers & Monitors
Digital asset management (DAM) software for image storage and retrieval
Image editing software
Color Management tools (software & hardware)
Display – electronic and print
Craftsmanship Wrap-up
Creating a Portfolio
Printing, Matting and Framing
COMPOSITION – Learning to produce aesthetically pleasing two-dimensional images
Introduction to Composition, part 1
Introduction to Composition, part 2
Composition – Comparing Painting & Photography
Photography Lessons from the World of Art
Visual Design Symbols – Shapes
Visual Design Symbols – Lines
Visual Design Symbols – Textures
Visual Design Symbols – Perspective
Visual Design Principles – x
Visual Design Principles – y
Visual Design Principles – z
Composition – Orientation Matters
Composition Techniques – Framing, 1
Composition Techniques – Framing, 2
Composition Techniques – Leading Lines, 1
Leading Lines in Composition – A Few Thoughts
On Being Original – from Reality to Abstraction
Another Path Less Traveled – from Reality to Abstraction
Are You Still on the Same Old Path?
Composition & Hyperfocal Distance Review
When to Shoot Horizontal? Vertical?
Get Closer, 2 – Walking vs. Zooming
Change Focal Length, Change Shutter Speed, Change….
CREATIVITY – Making your images YOUR images (not like all the rest) by building on the craftsmanship and composition skills already learned
Make the Ordinary Extraordinary
It’s all about the light, stupid!
Image Overlay (the Orton Technique)
COMMUNICATION
Inserting emotion and feeling into your images. Great artists believed that art sprang from emotion. (A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. Paul Cezanne)
POST PROCESSING (PP)
Color Efex Pro 3 – 1st part of the series
Multiple Exposures Made Easy – short “all you need” tutorial
PP Tutorial – Software Backgound
PP Tutorial – Part 1, Overview
PP Tutorial – Part 2, A Quick End to End Overview
PP Tutorial, 2 – Quick Overview, White Balance
PP Tutorial, 2 – Quick Overview, Shadow/Highlight Recovery
PP Tutorial, 2 – Quick Overview, Color Contrast Range Adjustment
PP Tutorial, 2 – Quick Overview, Tonal Contrast Adjustment
The Score – and The Performance
Introducing – Snapseed for the iPad
MISCELLANEOUS
A Great Tool for Outdoor Photographers, 1
A Great Tool for Outdoor Photographers, 2
Your Polarizer, Don’t Leave Home Without It
Diffusion Disk for Light Control
More on Becoming a Good Photographer
On Becoming an Expert in Your Subject Matter
The Many Faces of Black & White Photography
PSE8 Photomerge Panorama Problems
Panorama Stitch Software Winner (& it’s free)
The Best Images are in Your Own Backyard
All You Need to Know – IN 31 SECONDS
Gallery Wrap Print Photo Grids
Wildflower Photography – Basics
Wildflower Photography – in High Winds
